 Australia (Image: Debasis Sen) There are many qualities that spring to mind when Australian teams in World Cup history become the focus of cricket conversations. Competitive. Dominating. Fierce. Great. Fearsome. Courageous. Ruthless. These are some characteristics and words that surface the fastest. However, there is one that you would never associate Australia with. Vulnerability. …
 Australia (Image: X) Craig Marais I’ve experienced such disappointment with the Proteas in the past – including covering the 2007 World Cup in the Caribbean and the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand that I have no expectations when it comes to South Africa at World Cups. They did really well in …
Without Radical Rassie-Style Honesty, South Africa Will Remain World Cup Chokers Read More »
 Shreyas Iyer (Image: Debasis Sen) Shreyas Iyer has been subjected to the most stringent scrutiny in his cricket career. Maybe, he needed to prove a few points to the critics as well as to boost his own ego, something so important for a batter. On Wednesday, Shreyas was in high-octane mode as he slammed …
Shreyas Iyer – from injury and despair to a lock at No. 4 Read More »
 Photo taken by G Rajaraman As one watched some Australians leave the Eden Gardens around the same time that the South Africans arrived for their training on Tuesday, a flood of memories from two semifinals, three years apart, came rushing to the mind. At a time it is par for yesterday to be forgotten …
  Virat Kohli in action at Wankhede (Photo: Debasis Sen) Ever since he was a little kid, Virat Kohli idolised Sachin Tendulkar, the charismatic beacon of achievement. When Kohli was new on the scene and had started to show signs of greatness, it was Tendulkar who predicted that Kohli would break his records. 11 …
Kohli conquers ODI cricket summit – A peek into his blinding brilliance Read More »
 Virat Kohli after his century at the Wankhede. Sachin Tendulkar during the mid innings (Photo: Debasis Sen) Some dates stay etched in the memory. Forever. November 16, 2013, when Sachin Tendulkar retired from international cricket at the Wankhede Stadium, emotions overflowed. How could someone that millions of cricket devotees had referred to as God …
 India (Image: Debasis Sen) Ruthlessness found a new address during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. It has resided with the Indian team as they stormed into the final, winning all nine league games and avoiding a banana-peel semifinal against New Zealand with skill, dexterity and authority. The clinical manner in which they won …
Rohit Sharma’s Ruthless Side a Reflection of the New India Read More »
 Virat Kohli in action at Wankhede and his celebration after getting his 50th ODI Century (Photo: Debasis Sen) The relationship that Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli share with each other is best summed up by the following incident on this very day a decade ago. It was November 16, 2013, Tendulkar’s retirement day, and …
 It’s said that ‘a captain is good as his team’. Looking at this marauding Indian machine at the World Cup and the man at the helm, it’s tempting to say that a team is as good as its captain. Rohit Sharma has led from the front, and by example. He has set the template …
Rohit Sharma’s New Incarnation has Shown India the Way to the Final Read More »
 Wankhede’s pitch, India vs New Zealand ICC World Cup 2023 Semi-Final (Photo: Debasis Sen) So far at this World Cup, there has been a chasm in class between India’s batters and bowlers and the rest. That state of affairs clearly doesn’t sit well with some. In the build-up to the India-New Zealand semi-final at …
Much Ado About Wankhede Pitch Merely Reveals Anglo-Aussie Hypocrisy Read More »
